Wichita Beacon

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Wichita Beacon

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Addams chastises newspapers for glamorizing the story of Harry Thaw, an heir to a railroad fortune who killed his wife's lover.

In a newspaper interview, Addams offers her reasons for supporting the Progressive Party and Theodore Roosevelt.

Addams comments on the minimum wage for women while in New York, arguing that women workers in Chicago should earn between $8-10.

Addams' speech given between acts in Chicago theaters exhorts support for woman suffrage.

Addams discusses the impact of the Republican convention on the woman suffrage movement and presents her appeal to the platform committee. On June 19, she addressed the Party's platform committee, and her remarks are included here.

Addams announces that she is meeting with world leaders to urge them to settle the reparations problem immediately.